英语口语练习小对话 第724期:一坏不可收拾

英语口语练习小对话 第724期:一坏不可收拾  

Subject:Go to hell in a hand basket.,迷你对话,A: Last week, your basketball team rebuilt. How was it?,上个星期你们的篮球队重组了，现在怎么样？,B:Oh,go to hell in a hand basket. Don’t mention that.,哦，一坏不可收拾，别提了。,地道表达,go to hell in a handbasket,1.表达,Go to hell in a hand basket的字面意思是：坐在吊篮下地狱，比喻为“一坏不可收拾”或“迅速地恶化，堕落或衰退”。其英文解释为：get rapidly worse and worse or bee ruined rapidly。,短语中的hell和handbasket压头韵，读起来琅琅上口。因为手篮轻便易于携带，故“乘着手篮下地狱”形象地表达了“情况极易变糟”的意思。和普通的表达方式go to hell相比，go to hell in a handbasket（或其变体go to hell in a bucket）更生动有趣。,2.例句,e.g. The school system in this district is going to hell in a bucket, and no mistake.,这个地区的学校体制突然下降。,e.g. His health is going to hell in a handbasket ever since he started drinking again.,自从他再次饮酒以来，他的身体急剧恶化。,e.g. This old house is just going to hell in a handbasket. It's falling apart everywhere.,这座老宅子迅速倒塌了，土崩瓦解了。,e.g. This food will go to hell in a handbasket on contact with air.,这种食物一接触到空气即迅速变坏。,Ps ：rebuild a team：重组队伍